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...Oslofjord's deck, as she poked up The Narrows of New York Harbor last week and eased into quarantine, paced an authentic-looking Viking. He was Able Seaman Eugen Knutsen, burdened for a reception tableau with a shirt of mail and the weight of 938 years of Norse legend. At quarantine, Viking Knutsen received a visitor. She was Rosebud Yellow Robe, sprightly, college-bred great grandniece of Sitting Bull. Last week Rosebud mislaid her peace pipe but gave sheepish Leif a beaded tobacco pouch and the welcoming ceremony was over...
...ones as the nucleus of a "luxury" passenger and commercial line to the east coast of South America, to vie with the eager efforts of Nazi and Fascist shipping to corner trade in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. Awaiting bids this week on the task of refurbishing the vessels with deck swimming pools, gay Lido decks, more spacious cabins and airconditioning, the Commission was even considering the ingratiating idea of changing the names of the ships to those of the three east coast countries they will visit, starting Sept...
Since, in the Duke tests, a subject has five symbols to choose from each time he guesses at the symbol of a down-faced card, the Duke experimenters claim that he has a "chance expectation" of five "hits" or correct guesses in a deck of 25. Therefore, when a guesser averages eight, seven or even six hits over a long run, Rhine claims that these scores are high enough to rule out chance. Some of his opponents have claimed that he does not know the mathematics of probability well enough to make such a statement. Perhaps, they hint...
...glazed surface of Taunton River was blamed tonight for a terrific explosion and fire in which 19 persons were injured and the tanker Elwood partly wrecked today. Aside from those hurt, 30 crew-members escaped by flinging themselves into the water as oil-fed flames streamed on the metal deck...
...Joseph Salou, found in a companionway, was arrested. Sailor Salou confessed that he had started the fire in the cabin by dropping a cigaret. Said he: ''Overcome by realization of the enormity of my carelessness I tried to cover up by starting a fire in the lower deck linen locker, so that by giving the alarm for both fires I would be given credit for watchfulness instead of being blamed...